Sunday, January 22, 2017

the mysterious dancing epidemic of 1518.


[Hebden Bridge Trades Club.]

Reading this today reminded me not a little of Trump,s Inauguration.

 “...............they suggest that hunger and psychological stress were the likely culprit, with a healthy dose of religious belief thrown in: “In times of acute hardship, with physical and mental distress leaving people more than usually suggestible, a fear of St Vitus could rapidly take hold. All it then took was for one or a few emotionally frail people, believing themselves to have been cursed by St.Vitus, to slip into a trance. …..........”  

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

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Between your wit and your videos, I was almost
movd tto start my own blog (well, almost...HaHa!) Excelleent job.
I reallly loved what you had to say, aand mpre than that,
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tony said...

Thank You Muchley! :)

Phil

  Phil died early in the morning of Sunday 17th March at home with his Wife Iris by his side.